Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

"What do you think of someone like Du Changzai?" Wei Bin asked.

"Du Chang is very kind to her, and she respects me." The queen always praised Du Jiyan with five stars.

"But she took advantage of her sister's pregnancy to bewitch the emperor. Will my sister just sit back and ignore it?"

The queen reached out and touched the concubine Wei's forehead.

I always feel like my sister is different these days than before.

No fever either.

How is it like getting the true biography of Meng Yuzhu? Are you going to have trouble with Du Jiyan everywhere?

Wei Bin dodged the queen's hand: "I'm very good, sister, you don't have to be like this. Sister indulges Du Changzai like this. If one day she becomes pregnant and flies up a branch, what's the matter with you, sister?"

"Du Changzai is not a bird, how could she fly on the branch?" The queen didn't like to hear such words, so she might as well eat a nut.

As soon as the queen put the nuts into her mouth, Concubine Wei swept the plate to the ground: "Sister, before you entered the palace, you were still naive, but do you plan to stay naive all your life? You know how to eat every day, the emperor is in Taihe The palace beauty is in my arms..."

"Ouch..." The queen's stomach suddenly hurt.

Concubine Wei swept the porcelain plate to the ground and broke into several pieces. The queen was frightened and her stomach hurt like a cramp.

Guiyuan was frightened. The queen's belly was related to the country and could not be harmed at all. The queen has a stomachache, which is serious. So I trotted to the Taihe Palace to tell the emperor.

On the high steps, Gao Rang was pacing back and forth with his whisk in his arms. When he saw Guiyuan running towards him in a panic, he thought something might be going on in Jingren Palace, but he still held out his whisk to block Guiyuan's path, no matter what Guiyuan said. , even when he mentioned that the empress had a stomachache and was afraid that something might happen to the dragon fetus, Gao Rang still sent Guiyuan back as if he couldn't get enough of it: "The emperor is recuperating, please don't disturb me."

Sure enough, the Taihe Palace was brightly lit and filled with laughter and laughter. The atmosphere is as lively as the Chinese New Year. It seems that there is not only a talent group, but also an atmosphere group. No wonder everyone in the palace said that the Emperor of Taihe Palace has been acting like a coward again in the past few days.

Guiyuan looked at the two tightly closed doors with an aggrieved look, then trotted to Cining Palace to report.

The Queen Mother took out her crutches again with a blue face. She stood up and was about to go to the Palace of Supreme Harmony to teach the emperor a lesson. Later, she thought about those white-colored little eunuchs of Nanfu, and then looked at the invisible sky. At that time, civil and military officials All the officials are here, and the emperor wants to take her in for fun and watch male models. It's dark and windy this month. If the emperor takes her in again, not only will he not be able to solve the dilemma of Queen Jingren Palace, but he, an old woman, will also have to be innocent. Not guaranteed to attract criticism.

The Queen Mother calmed down and asked Guiyuan to invite Doctor Zhang to Jingren Palace to treat the Queen.

Fortunately, after Doctor Zhang looked at it, he said that the queen was just frightened and her stomach was fine. The queen calmed down and scolded the emperor a hundred times in her heart: "Min Jian, this child, has been different since he was a child. The Ai family Although she is not her biological mother, I still envy her. That little nobleman Jiang Ru gave birth to such a good son, and even the late emperor and the princes spoke highly of him."

At that time, Min Jian was not as able to live as he is now.

This ability to eat, drink and have fun has only grown gradually in the past few years, and gradually it cannot be stopped.

Counting the days, in the past few years, a group of new beautiful ladies have entered the palace, and the brightest one among them is Du Jiyan.

Now that the emperor was hanging out with Du Jiyan, not only did he not see his foreign ministers, but he also ignored her, the queen mother, and the birth status of the empress of Jingren palace.

Outrageous.

The Queen Mother held the Queen's arm and said secretly: "The Emperor will have a day to recover. When that time comes, that Du Chang will be here, I'm afraid he will have to be punished."

When the queen heard this, her stomach hurt even more: "Your Majesty, my stomach hurts because I have nothing to do with Du Chang Zai. Please don't blame her."

"Queen, you are too young after all, and you don't know the power of this." The Queen Mother sighed: "You don't like reading, you can't read a few words, and you don't know much about historical stories. But Daji confused King Zhou and harmed the Yin and Shang Dynasties. You understand the principle of destroying a country, right? If Du Changzai is not punished, then the next one to be destroyed may be the Chen Kingdom. Du Changzai is the Daji next to the emperor, transformed from that fox. "

"Impossible, Queen Mother, Du Changzai cannot be a fox."

"Why do you say that?"

"Du Chang Zai's father, Du Zhong, is a fifth-rank official, and his family tree can be traced. How can a human give birth to a fox? I have never heard of such a bizarre thing." The queen held her belly.

The Queen Mother let out a long sigh, and sure enough, she was still not on the same channel.

Ugh.

"Queen, please go to bed quickly." The Queen Mother brushed her sleeves and left.

There was a night breeze blowing on the dozens of steps of the tall palace.

The sky is changing, and there are dark clouds in the sky.

Large black clouds rolled and surged in the sky, like a black fence, covering the sky, making it airtight and depressing.

Hot and stuffy.

Occasionally, one or two lightning flashes across the night sky. The lightning is like a sharp sword, slashing down from south to north, splitting the black clouds and layers of hot air. The sharp white light of lightning is like sword energy, cutting a hole in the sky again. There was a hole, and the rumble of thunder came from far to near, as if it was exploding in the ears, and the brains of those who hit it began to roar.

Suddenly, a brighter and whiter lightning shot straight down from the sky and struck the towering Star-Zhaing Tower in the distance. The Star-Zhaing Tower in the dark night was suddenly illuminated, and the yellow glazed tiles and red palace walls were clearly visible.

Half of the palace is bright.

The wind became stronger, gathering black clouds and windy sand.

The wind and sand were very strong that night, and the rough sand hit people's faces like whips.

The wind blew against the door of Taihe Palace, making a whining sound, like a ghost crying at night. The sound was twitching, thin and sharp.

Gao Rang stood on the high steps with his hands curled up. Looking around, most of the palaces were dark.

That bright spot should be Jingren Palace.

The singing and dancing in the Taihe Palace gradually became quieter. Listen to the sound of the golden bell. It is already late at night at eleven o'clock.

Gao Rang patted the door of Taihe Palace three times, and the movement inside stopped.

After a while, three singers came out.

"It's getting late, and the Emperor is sleepy. You can go back and come back tomorrow at noon."

After the singer left, Gao Rang summoned the maids and eunuchs serving in the Taihe Palace: "The singing and dancing are over, it's time to wait for the emperor and Du Changzai to rest. You two, bring tea and make the bed, and the four of you, clean up the wine and dishes, and the two Hey, give the emperor some more avocado flavor, but be gentle, the emperor is sleepy."

The door of Taihe Palace opened and closed.

More than a dozen eunuchs and maids in the Taihe Palace were busy in an orderly manner.

Suddenly there was a thunder, and the window suddenly lit up like daylight.

The whining wind was blowing in an unknown direction, leaving no trace. Only lightning lingered in the sky. After two or three thunders, heavy rain poured down.

Heavy raindrops fell from mid-air, and the cold rain washed away the roof of the Palace of Supreme Harmony. The little beasts on the glazed tiles on the roof were washed away one by one. The rain at night was so heavy that people couldn't even open their eyes.

When the rain falls on the ground, a layer of mist rises. The mist reaching one's ankles is as hazy as the frost after autumn, and everything is white.

Gao Rang glanced outside. The octagonal palace lantern looked particularly lonely in the night rain.

Heavy rain in Beijing.

It seems that it rains more in Chen State this year than in previous years.

Thousands of miles away in Yongxing City, it was already midnight, and it was raining heavily.

The capital city is connected in all directions and the streets are smooth. It doesn't matter even if it rains heavily.

Yongxing City is different. Yongxing City is thousands of miles away from the capital. It is said that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. It is geographically remote and receives little attention from the capital. The construction in the city is old. When it rains heavily, the city will accumulate water. If there is a heavy rain, , the water can be as deep as a person’s waist.

The rains of the past year have caused the food harvest in Yongxing City to stop, and the people have suffered a lot.

There has been a lot of rain this year, and the people of Yongxing City are even more miserable. There is water in the city. At worst, you have to stay at home or get on a small boat. It is not impossible to go out for activities. However, because of the bad weather and the lack of food harvest from the previous year, this year will be difficult. This year, there is another harvest. Yongxing City’s The price of food skyrocketed, and the people were unable to eat enough. There were even fights and robberies in the city over two kilograms of rice.

Yongxing City is very quiet at night. Except for the sound of rain, it is still the sound of rain. Because of the heavy rain, there is water in the city. At this hour, no one is walking around and it looks empty.

In the most prosperous area of ​​the city, there is the Yuelai Inn. This is the largest inn in Yongxing City. It has three floors. Normally, the business is not bad. However, Yongxing City has not been peaceful in the past two years. It is raining heavily now, so there is not much business. The inn had been locked up early. Two lanterns were hung high on poles at the door, and the cloth signboards on the poles were soaked by the rain.

Opposite the inn is a Zhaoji rice store. Compared to the inn, the rice store is brightly lit. The two guys set up a table in the store, drinking wine and eating beef, chatting and laughing from time to time.

An oilcloth carriage drove from outside the city. Big raindrops fell on the oilcloth, causing waves of water splashes. The water splashes fell into the ruts, and the water splashes on the ground were even bigger, soaking the corners of people's robes.

The carriage circled around Yongxing City and finally stopped at the entrance of Yuelai Inn.

The groom jumped down and patted the door of Yuelai Inn.

The rain washed over the door and it was very wet.

The lanterns were swaying in the wind, and it was pitch dark inside the Yuelai Inn.

The groom knocked on the door again, but no one in the inn made a sound.

The groom pulled out the whip from his waist, and heard a snap. The whip was as soft as a snake, and somehow he opened the door of the inn.

The waiter in Zhao Jimi's shop opposite was watching the excitement with beef in his mouth. When they saw the whip whip open the door, they were both shocked.

"Now the groom still has a unique skill? That whip is as fast as lightning."

"Looks like I'm still very hungry. If I'm hungry for a few more days, I'll have no rice in my stomach, and I'll be grunting, and I won't have time to play with whips or sticks anymore. No wonder our master said that the rice in our Zhaoji Rice Shop is still reasonably priced. You can go up and down."

The groom opened the door of Yuelai Inn, and a gust of wind came in from the outside.

Rain poured into Yuelai Inn, and the tables and chairs at the door were immediately wet.

The waiter came over with a candlestick: "Hey, some people who don't understand the rules broke the door of our Yuelai Inn in the middle of the night. Do you know that this is the best inn in Yongxing City? It broke the door. Can you, a little groom, afford to pay for the door?"

The groom flicked his whip, and the candlestick on the waiter's end did not sway, but the candle on the candlestick went out.

"This candle doesn't light, please change it to a bright one."

In Yongxing City, outsiders are rarely seen.

Through the occasional bright light from the heavy rain and lightning, the waiter saw that the groom was wearing a straw blanket and couldn't see his appearance clearly, but his words were full of fierceness. Looking at the candle in his hand, he whipped it out with the whip of the groom. The firelight was out, but the candle did not move at all. This man was not only a groom, but also a bodyguard. The person who can hire such a skilled bodyguard must be a rich man.

The waiter quickly went to change the candle to a thicker one and lighted two more lamps on the first floor of Yuelai Inn.

The inn suddenly lit up.

When the candle was lit, the waiter realized that it turned out that the groom had whipped the door just now. When he started to look at it, the door was fine. As he was talking, a crack appeared on the door. The crack was as thick as a whip. Those who didn't know it thought it was It was struck by lightning.

This groom is very skilled, and the waiter is not used to it: "The hotel owner broke our door, so he should be compensated. Our Yuelai Inn is also the most luxurious inn in Yongxing City. One night's stay costs half a tael. Silver. The furnishings we have here are naturally not cheap. People who come to stay with us usually are cautious for fear of being damaged and cannot afford to pay for it. This groom, I don’t care whose family you are, you broke our door. , you have to compensate.”

The waiter said that he wanted to get an abacus to see how much the compensation would be.

"Pay him ten taels of silver." There was a male voice in the carriage.

After hearing this, the driver decisively took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and slapped it on the case.

A dozen taels of silver.

This is too grand.

How many people in Yongxing City can have such magnanimity?

We give you as much as you want, without any bargaining.

The waiter put the silver in his mouth and bit it, yes, it was real.

"It turns out the rich man has arrived, please come in." The waiter smiled.

"Who is this guest, staying overnight at such a late hour?" Shopkeeper Chang came down from the second floor and asked the waiter to boil hot water quickly. The guests who came at this hour were probably soaked in the rainy weather and would have to burn some water. I need some hot water to wash it off, otherwise how can I rest.

"It's just a door, and it's not a valuable object. How can I charge you ten taels of silver? One tael of silver is enough. Please take back the rest." Shopkeeper Chang only left one tael of silver and left the rest. Nine liang of the fortress was returned to the groom.

The man in the carriage spoke again.

"I'll give you ten taels, just take them. There's nothing to shirk."

"Guest, our Yuelai Inn is doing serious business. The amount is what it is. There is no reason to overcharge guests. This ninety taels of silver is not a small amount. Please take it back."

"It's not a small amount for you, but it's not worth mentioning for me." The man in the carriage smiled, and his voice was free and easy and arrogant in the rainy night: "My family has been in business for generations, and we have a lot of wealth and money. , I don’t even care about a mere ten taels of silver.”

Shopkeeper Chang was stunned.

Have you met a high-roller? Throw money into the store? Can't you stop the God of Wealth when he arrives?

The waiter was boiling hot water at the back, and he ran over to the groom and said to him flatteringly: "You really don't know each other until you fight. I can see it too. You have real skills. Take a look, there are more in this shop." If you don't like it, if you don't like it, you can give it two more canes."